Chap. 928.—An ACT to place the name of Mildred A. Field on the pension rolls of
the state of Virginia.

Approved March 4, 1598.

Whereas Samuel Field, of the county of Bedford, a Confederate sol-
dier, was permanently disabled by gun-shot wounds in both arms, the
bones of which were shattered, afterwards said bones decayed by disin-
tegration and inflammation, resulting in death, leaving an aged, depend-
ent widow: therefore,

1. be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the auditor
of public accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue
his warrant at once for the benefit of Mildred A. Field, of Bedford
county, Virginia, widow of said Samuel Field, for the sum of fifteen dol-
lars, to be paid annually to surviving widows of Confederate soldiers,
and place her name on the pension rolls of the state cf Virginia: pro-
vided the facts herein alleged are proven before the county court of Bed-
ford and certificate be sent to the auditor.

2. This act shall be in force from the first day of April, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight.